Gustav Gressel, ECFR
The Kremlin instrumentalises fear of nuclear war to make others bow to its ambitions. The West and Russia have often supported different factions in conflicts without sliding into a nuclear conflict.
Fuad Shahbazov, World Politics Review
On Feb. 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at what was a sensitive moment—just a day after Moscow officially recognized the independence of the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, and a day before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country.
Blair Ruble, Wilson Center
On Saturday evening, February 12, 2022, with Russian troops poised to pounce not all that far away, hundreds of Odesans gathered at a concert of the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of its longtime conductor, Venezuelan American Hobart Earl. As the concert wound down, Maestro Earl raised his baton for a surprise encore: a rousing rendition of the Overture to Mykola Lysenko's opera Taras Bulba. The audience rose to its feet in patriotic fervor. No... Читать дальше...
Megan Stack, New York Times
It started with a weekday interview in an office near the Moscow River. The man was a murderer, it was said, but when I asked about the crime, he smirked and said he was framed. I remember his shoes, pointy and shined like glass.
Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs
Arab-Israeli Normalization Could Remake the Middle East
John Mearsheimer with Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker
For years, the political scientist has claimed that Putin's aggression toward Ukraine is caused by Western intervention. Have recent events changed his mind?
Paul Heer, National Interest
If Vladimir Putin lashed out at Ukraine after concluding that Moscow's strategic interests were not being addressed, Beijing may well lash out if it ultimately concludes that its prior understandings with Washington on the Taiwan issue are no longer operative.
Lawrence Freedman, Substack
As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasise this essential point. This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods.
Authorizing the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline to lower fuel prices and give the United States more leverage against Russia would amount to "galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short term problems," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview with MSNBC late Wednesday. Amid skyrocketing oil prices accompanying Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine,…
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FMCG sales expanded 17% in February from the prior month, show latest data from Bizom, a sales automation firm that transacts with 7.5 million retail stores and tracks orders by neighbourhood stores.
At some point you have to start asking — Are they this evil and radical? Or are they purposely trying to destroy America and the West? In September the Biden regime abandoned Afghanistan and surrendered $80 billion in US arms to the Taliban terrorist group. Too Bad for Ukraine — Joe Biden Left $84 Billion…
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Police released about one minute of video Thursday that shows a car whizzing by southbound vehicles and smashing into several vehicles crossing on Cheyenne Avenue.
Keen to keep government deficit within stated targets, the finance ministry will from March 15 start daily monitoring of the revenue receipts, including tax collections, as well as expenditure.
Until Gill came along bouldering was regarded as a leisure activity. He brought it front and center, legitimizing what is today perhaps climbing's most popular discipline.
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At its peak it burned enough coal to power 1.5 million homes, but can its future be green?
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced he would run for a second term in the April French presidential election, seeking a mandate to steer the eurozone's second-largest economy through the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Supporters say fertility services are a good way to attract and retain workers and help with diversity in hiring.
Taika Waititi reveals he lied to Marvel Studios to get his Thor: Ragnarok directing job by saying yes to everything in his early conversations.
PRINCE WILLIAM was furious after his relationship with Kate was made public by a leaked photo in the press.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and negotiate an end to the invasion.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has another Fox News reporter to spend time educating.
Читать дальше...A doctor who promoted the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 on Thursday pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.Simone Gold, 56, of Beverly Hills, Calif., was indicted on five counts, but four charges...
R&B vocal group En Vogue is set to perform at Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady on September 3. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m. on the Rivers Casino website.